Time of Challenge: Princes Are Needed, Not Brigands

Indifference and injustice can be endured. With indifference and injustice you can also loudly protest. Or you can do your OWN THING and live without losing human dignity—then external circumstances will lose their power, and there will be less indifference and injustice in the world. In times of lawlessness, shortages, and an impending default, Andrey, Viktor, and Irina manage not only to stay afloat, but also to achieve success without becoming livestock, thieves, or bandits—without bending under anyone. Of course, people keep an eye on them, hinting at the right path—and not just anyone, but three biblical wise men, Caspar, Balthazar, and Melchior, who somehow ended up in modern Moscow. Or maybe, for each of the three heroes, it’s simply the voice of conscience explaining what life, the country, and a person are supposed to be…?